Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

After the monks went out, they sealed the tower again. There was a choking smell in the air, and they said clearly: "During the Tianshun period, there was a nobleman who often had nightmares at night, and medicine stones were ineffective. At this time, there was a female official named He Fang. When she was looking through the medical books of Zhang Gao from the Southern Song Dynasty, she found a folk prescription on it. It was recorded that a elixir for the head pillow can suppress dreams—the elixir for suppressing dreams is cinnabar. The nobleman used it and it was really effective, so Just thinking of what the Buddha mother thought, the cinnabar can ward off evil..."

Everyone couldn't help looking at the red cinnabar on the charcoal fire in the center of the hall. Isn't cinnabar just cinnabar, also known as cinnabar?Although Zhaoran didn't say anything wrong with the cinnabar, everyone felt that there was something wrong with the cinnabar.

"Since pillowing cinnabar can exorcise evil spirits, wouldn't refining cinnabar into medicine and taking it by mouth would dispel evil even more? So the female officials began to use cinnabar to refine elixir for this noble man, and participated in alchemy There are two female officials in the palace, besides He Fang, the other is Lan Fang. It is strange to say that when the female officials were refining the elixir, they had symptoms of headache and brain fever one after another. There is a doctor, but fortunately, the maids also have a good medicine...that is garlic." Zhao Ran bent down and took out a garlic from the plate and threw it into his mouth, "But it is such a big deal for the nobleman to make alchemy, and the ladies do it every day. I need to tell you that if you eat garlic, you will offend noble people, so of course you can’t eat it, but the one who can eat garlic is a low-level female historian who was involved in alchemy at that time, and her name is Mei Fang.”

"So one night He Fang died, and Mei Fang survived. After He Fang died, Lan Fang, who had already fallen ill in bed, struggled to get up and continued to make alchemy. Then she died, and Mei Fang survived again. The death of these female officials was diagnosed as an epidemic. How could a court lady suffering from an epidemic be able to refine elixir for the nobles, so this matter was left alone. Gradually, everyone forgot about it. Tianshun died a few years ago There are several female officials who suffered from the epidemic, but there is one person who will never forget, and that is Mei Fang who survived. Not only did she not forget, but she also knew that these female officials did not die from the epidemic, they were all poisoned to death..."

Zhao Ran turned her head to look at the charcoal stove and said: "The remote evil sacred object that was calcined by the fire - cinnabar was poisoned to death, and she also knew that the erysipelas could be alleviated by garlic. Although Mei Fang survived, her hair was thinning Half, so although she was smart and scheming, she was still a low-level female historian after more than ten years, and was finally sent to Fayan Temple and changed her name to Lianfang." It will be proved that cinnabar has been used as a top-grade non-toxic medicine before)

Then he said, bent down and grabbed a handful of garlic, and stuffed the garlic into his mouth as he spoke, everyone's eyes could not help but stare at the garlic he was squeezing into his mouth.

"To make a digression..." Zhao Ran said with a smile, "So wherever there is fragrance, there is garlic, such as Fayan Temple, such as Jixiang Temple, she regards garlic as a lucky star, and even gave it to Master He when she planned to kill him One pot, she didn't want to share some of her good luck with Mr. He, but hoped that the process of poisoning Mr. He would go smoothly. But things were just as she thought, Mr. He was poisoned to death by her very smoothly gone."

Mrs. He's face twisted and she said: "The master is going to ascend to immortality, you are talking nonsense, you, you dare to slander the Buddha mother, you will go to Abi Hell!"

Zhao Ran smiled and said: "Is Mr. He really ascended to immortality? No, he was poisoned to death. He burned cinnabar at close range with a large number of paper talismans. After burning for one night, he was poisoned to death. I once asked Mrs. He whether talisman paper Where did he go, Mrs. He said that these talisman papers were used for Ascension to Heaven, I once thought they were eaten by Mr. He, but in the end it was determined that they were not eaten, but burned."

He lowered his head and grabbed a handful of garlic, distributed some to Jiuru, and said while eating: "So I prepared a pot of cinnabar for everyone to burn. Those who believe in me eat garlic, and those who don't believe in me can just sit like this. I promise...you don’t need to draw a talisman to ascend to heaven.”

Mrs. Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to take a handful of garlic, first stuffed a few garlic into the prince's mouth, and then stuffed a few into her own. Madam He turned around and said loudly: "This kind of villain is really hateful, please let the Buddha down!" According to the decree, punish this son!"

Zhao Ran smiled and said: "You don't need to ask that mud Bodhisattva anymore, the Lianfang Sutra has been transformed by the master, I'm afraid you won't recognize her anymore, but I can still point her out for you."

He smiled and said: "The first time Lianfang talked to me with the voice of Buddha, she fell into a trick of not being able to see people behind her back. The second time she talked to me, she fell into a trap again. How can she do it with her now arrogant heart?" Willingly admit defeat, so she will definitely come in person, first to convince the public, and second, to use her self-consciously flawless killing situation to get rid of a few people who might let her know. This includes you, Mrs. He, and of course Ji Xiang Several members of the nunnery."

The nuns in Jixiang Nunnery couldn't help but look at each other anxiously, and even Fayin's expression was a little unnatural.

"So she is among you, and she must have eaten a lot of garlic when she came. She is usually not very conspicuous, and she doesn't need to speak, so it will not be easy for people to find out that she has eaten garlic and violated the rules." Zhao Ran's eyes looked at the dumb nun and she grinned, "But even if you don't speak, garlic is a spicy thing, and it's easy to sweat if you eat too much."

Mrs. He turned around, and saw a thin nun leaning against the stairs, her forehead was covered with fine sweat, and she looked at the garlic between her fingers with a clear smile: "You really think she is a god, she It’s just a clown who knows ventriloquism, other than that, there is only this method of killing people, no matter what, as long as this plate of cinnabar is burned, both the dead and the living will be proof.”

Fayin suddenly pounced on the plate of garlic, grabbed the garlic and stuffed it into his mouth.

As soon as she snatched the garlic, the whole scene became chaotic. All the good people went forward to grab the garlic. Mrs. He kept looking back and forth between the statue and the dumb nun, shaking her head and saying, "Buddha, Buddha, hurry up!" Send down the Buddha's decree."

Zhaoran ate the garlic and said: "How much cinnabar did you use in alchemy? It's about the same? How long does it take to burn someone to death, one hour, two hours, or three..."

The dumb nun suddenly started to move, her direction was the Concubine Wan Gui behind the screen, her figure was very fast, she rushed into the screen almost in the blink of an eye, only then did someone here react: "Wan, Concubine Wan Gui !"

I saw the screen flying up, it wasn't the dumb nun who held Concubine Wan Gui hostage, but a woman in palace attire pushed the dumb nun down on the short table.

Zhao Ran clapped his hands and smiled, "A-Ning is very skilled."

Mrs. He took a few steps back and sat down on the ground, her eyes lost.

Zhaoran walked over and squatted in front of the dumb nun and said with a smile: "The Buddha mother is scared, right? This is dozens of times the amount used in alchemy back then."

The dumb nun said bitterly: "You can't escape, no one can escape, you will linger on, living like a walking corpse, living in the nightmare of the past, and there is no possibility of escape."

Zhaoran took out a handful of red powder and said with a smile: "You mean this? Ah, this, I asked Chef Li for it. His braised pork elbows are beautiful in color. This is his exclusive secret recipe called red yeast rice. , is it similar to cinnabar? As for the taste, I mixed some realgar in it.” (Note: Red yeast rice was invented in the Yuan Dynasty)

He moved closer to the dumb nun and grinned, "Lianfang, originally you insisted on not moving, but I really can't do anything about you."

Lianfang's complexion seemed to change several times in a blink of an eye, and she suddenly called out. Jiuru's hand pinched her neck like lightning and broke it, but the short sound was still like a heavy needle. Jiang Ling Zhaoran's brain was stabbed violently.

Zhaoran's eyes darkened, and he fell into the arms of the person next to him.

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With that scream, the silver-haired woman in a certain lotus pond suddenly opened her eyes.

Fu Heng, who was sitting by the pond fishing, said, "You feel it too, Yinli? Sure enough, he won, and Buddha's mother lost."

Fu Heng threw the hooked fish back into the water, and the golden carp swam towards the depths of the lotus pond in a panic. Yin Li suddenly moved his head, and she caught the fish in her mouth.

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Zhaoran covered his head and opened his eyes, Aning hurried forward and said, "Master, what do you think?"

"What happened to me?" Zhao Ran asked.

"You were attacked by that Buddha mother. Young master, your god blood is so weak, next time you meet someone with god blood, you should be careful, and get so close." Aning wiped Zhaoran's face with a white towel, while complained.

"This woman's voice is really scary." Zhao Ran rubbed her head and said, "Where is Jiu Ru?"

"I don't know, I heard that I was called back to the National Teacher Tower by the National Teacher."

"It's cheaper than that national teacher this time." Zhao Ran turned over and sighed, "It's hard to be a human being."

Aning smiled and said, "Young Master, you always do things with your heart, don't ask about the way of life?"

Zhao Ran flicked her forehead: "This is a good Xie Yuhua, is it going to be a thorn ball?"

Aning touched his forehead and said: "I'm afraid that the young master just suffered a loss in the hands of the Buddha's mother, and he will be frightened when he thinks of the three words Jieyuhua."

Clearly unconvinced, he lifted the quilt out of bed and said, "Who do you think will be scared?" He felt dizzy as soon as he got up, so he had to lie down again, "I'm so dizzy, Ah Ning, get me something to eat, young master. "

"Isn't it dizzy, why would you think of eating?"

"It's good to vomit after eating." Zhao Ran said.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Ying Ning came in with an onion in his hand, and as soon as he entered, he threw the onion on Zhao Ran's body.

Onion stepping on Zhao Ran pointed at Ying Ning angrily with short fingers and jumped three words: "Stinky, bad, ugly!"

None of them are good words.

Zhao Ran looked at Onion with some headaches: "When I was away, Ying Ning took care of you all the time, you should at least say thank you to someone, and be polite at the very least."

Ying Ning said coldly: "No need."

Zhao Ran said: "Don't say it quickly."

Onion hesitated for a while, then pointed at Ying Ning with great reluctance and revised his evaluation: "Ugly, bad, smelly!"

If it stinks, you can’t eat it, so this word is the worst evaluation for onions, so at first he said that Yingning is smelly, bad, and a bit ugly. After clear education, this evaluation becomes It's ugly, and bad, and kinda smelly. "

Zhao Ran sighed: "Onion, your Brother Ying Ning looks like a pretty boy."

Who knew that Ying Ning not only didn't appreciate him after hearing his words, but instead gave him a sideways glance with her phoenix eyes and walked away.

Zhao Ran was at a loss, wondering which sentence he had offended him again, Aning said from the side: "Ying Ning doesn't like others to say that he is young."

"Are you angry too?" Zhaoran couldn't help but shouted, "That shallot doesn't want to be called thin, so can it be called garlic? If you want to call it garlic, you have to grow to be that thick?"

Ying Ning outside almost staggered, turned her head and gave a hard look behind her, then flew onto the eaves and left.

Zhaoran suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked, "Where is the body of the Buddha's mother?"

This is the capital city, if there is another group of corpses rioting in the city, the whole world will be in chaos.

Aning said: "I heard that it was taken over by the people from the National Master Tower."

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There was snow again, Jiu Ru went to the top of the steps and bowed to Ji Xiao: "National Teacher, what is the reason for calling me here?"

"Let you see something."

The national teacher said and walked to the back of the hall. The two walked through the snowy atrium and walked to the stone pagoda behind the temple. There were several guarding monks outside the door.

Ji Xiao said, "Open the door."

A monk responded and opened the door of the stone pagoda, and the two of them stepped into the pagoda, only to see something of a human being stored on the stone table inside.

Jiuru's jet-black eyebrows moved slightly: "Lianfang?

The bones on the stone table melted into water, and the whole corpse was like a collapsed corpse bag.

Ji Xiao said: "It's her, her body turned into this within an hour after entering the temple."

Jiu Ru said nothing, Ji Xiao said: "What do you think?"

"Perhaps it is a natural characteristic of her family."

Ji Xiao frowned and said: "This matter is really weird, especially it happened within the range of our National Master Tower. If it spreads out, I'm afraid it will be used by people with ulterior motives, but this matter must be investigated."

"Yes."

Ji Xiao said: "I think Rong Xian is indeed outstanding. Why don't you go with him on this matter? Since Luo Zifeng's incident with Shen Fangji, he hasn't done much in the past few years, and he really should." Beat, beat. I have often told you, don't indulge the people below too much, and don't do everything yourself, it will easily make them feel slack."

Jiu Ru slightly bowed: "Yes."

Ji Xiao looked up at Feixue outside the tower: "Go, I want to see who is making trouble behind the scenes."

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Reminder: The origin of Hefang and Lanfang comes from Chapter [-]

Yinli is the jellyfish that was sold at Jianfeng Villa